On the 13th July it will be 25 years since Live Aid. One idea to mark the occasion is to run a Twitter campaign to push #liveaid into Twitter's trending topics, and drive downloads of the 1984 single 'Do They Know Its Christmas?', which benefits the Band Aid Trust.

So we need as many folk as possible to download the original single in the lead up to 13th July and spread the word on Twitter, on Facebook, on forums etc ... let's see if we can generate a bit more revenue for the Band Aid Trust...what better way to commemorate 25 years!

'Participate in the Twitter campaign to commemorate Live Aid - send out the following Tweet each day (or as often as you can) up until 13 July:

Mark the 25th anniversary of Live Aid by downloading the 1984 Band Aid single #liveaid http://bit.ly/aBbDQ4

Ask for the tweet to be retweeted, and use the hashtag #liveaid '

See here for more info and for a message from John Kennedy for the Band Aid Trust about our campaign.

The BBC will be running radio shows next weekend (Sat 17 and Sun 18 July, 9pm - midnight) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Live Aid. The programs will feature interviews from a range of performers from Live Aid, including Midge.

Anyone who has not yet downloaded the 1984 Band Aid single please do so ...it all helps! What better cause? And if you have difficulty downloading the track then buy the 3 track CD which includes it. The campaign is about raising some extra funds not about getting it into charts so there is no deadline ....just do it! Please!

Hmmm. Well done to the campaign to have got a mention, but the writer's factual inaccuracies, the blatant favoritism (please see this link if you are in any doubt of where loyalties lie) and singling out of artists he obviously doesn't like, plus the use of well worn arguments, the piece comes across a bit clichéd and lazy. Let's hope there's better columns out there to be read.

Originally posted by Paul Hitchcock: Hmmm. Well done to the campaign to have got a mention, but the writer's factual inaccuracies, the blatant favoritism (please see this link if you are in any doubt of where loyalties lie) and singling out of artists he obviously doesn't like, plus the use of well worn arguments, the piece comes across a bit clichéd and lazy. Let's hope there's better columns out there to be read.

Can't disagree on the favouritism or the inaccuracies but I've tried to refrain from comment given that at least he gave us a mention. And to be honest I'm more interested in the views of the guys who actually made a difference! Incidentally bias towards U2 & Bono was probably inevitable given that they were at school together and remain friends.